Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Leopard Keelback
Description
Family Colubridae
The family Colubridae, which includes the kingsnakes (Lampropeltis spp. ), is the largest, most widespread, and diverse family of snakes , with few physical characteristics universal among all species. The family contains 70 percent of the known species of snakes, with more than 1700 species worldwide (Pough et al. 1998). Although some colubrids are dangerously venomous , most are harmless to humans. [1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Suborder:
Serpentes
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Superfamily:
Colubroidea
()
- Family:
Colubridae
()
- Colubrids
- Subfamily:
Xenodontinae
()
- Genus:
Helicops
()
- Wagler, 1828
- Specific name:
leopardinus
- SCHLEGEL 1837
- Form:
Paraguay,
Surinam
- Scientific name: - Helicops leopardinus SCHLEGEL 1837
- Form:
Paraguay,
Surinam
- Specific name:
leopardinus
- SCHLEGEL 1837
- Genus:
Helicops
(
- Subfamily:
Xenodontinae
(
- Family:
Colubridae
(
- Superfamily:
Colubroidea
(
- Suborder:
Serpentes
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Helicops leopardinus - Cei 1993 • Helicops leopardinus - Jan 1865 • Helicops leopardinus — Boulenger 1893: 278 • Helicops leopardinus — Gasc & Rodrigues 1980 • Helicops leopardinus — Leynaud & Bucher 1999: 18 • Helicops leprieurii DumÉril Bibron & DumÉril 1854: 750 • Helicops Leprieurii — GÜnther 1861: 427 • Homalopsis leopardina Schlegel 1837: 358
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: The occurrence of Helicops leopardinus in Colombia has been
questioned (Pérez-Santos & Moreno, cited in Cadle, Herpetologica
48 (1): 137)
Similar Species
Members of the genus Helicops
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 13 species and subspecies in this genus:
H. angulatus (Mountain Keelback) · H. carinicaudus (Wied's Keelback) · H. danieli (Daniel's Keelback) · H. gomesi (Sao Paulo Keelback) · H. hagmanni (Hagmann's Keelback) · H. leopardinus (Leopard Keelback) · H. modestus (Olive Keelback) · H. pastazae (Shreve's Keelback) · H. petersi (Spiral Keelback) · H. polylepis (Norman's Keelback) · H. scalaris (Hoge's Keelback) · H. trivittatus (Equatorial Keelback) · H. yacu (Peru Keelback)
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Further Reading
- A catalog of the Ophidia from South America at present (June, 1916) contained in the Carnegie museum with descriptions of some new species / by Lawrence Edmonds Griffin. Pittsburgh: Published by the authority of the Board of trustees of the Carnegie institute, [1916] url p. 180.
- Amphibians and reptiles of the Hopkins-Branner expedition to Brazil [by] Karl P. Schmidt and Robert F. Inger. 31 1951 [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1951. url p. 457.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 184, p. 258.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 69 1929 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 273.
- Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) by George Albert Boulenger. London, Trustees of the B.M., 1893-96. url p. 278.
- List of the vertebrated animals now or lately living in the gardens of the Zoological Society of London. London, Printed for the Society, 1896. url p. 615.
- Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum. Pittsburgh: Published by the authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901-1936. url p. 180.
- Nature. London, Macmillan. url p. 328.
- Phyletic analysis of fifty characters of advanced snakes [by] Hymen Marx and George B. Rabb. 63 1972 [Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History]1972. url table 87 , p. 157, p. 160.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 5, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- TIGR Reptile Database . Release date: October 2, 2007
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:
- Carnegie Museums: Amphibians and Reptiles
- GBIF-Sweden: Herpetology (NRM)
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2540256
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-3301
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 617544
Footnotes
- Painter, Charles W., Chuck L. Hayes, and James N. Stuart "Recovery and Conservation of the Gray-Banded Kingsnake. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. May 1, 2002. [back]
Curator for this page: Juan Pablo Hurtado. Date last reviewed: 12/30/1899
